P! nk Teams Up with Ed Sheeran for a Moving New Ballad — ‘He Wrote the Pain, She Sang the Fire’

P! nk Teams Up with Ed Sheeran. In a sudden surprise that has the music world buzzing, powerhouse vocalist P! nk and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran have released a highly emotional new ballad called “Falling Without Wings.” The song, which was surprise-released across streaming platforms early Tuesday morning, is already on the rise on charts around the world — and for good reason.

Described as a “collision of soul and storytelling,” the track is a perfect blend of Sheeran’s poetic lyricism and P! nk’s raw, passionate vocals. Sheeran penned the vast majority of the lyrics after a “tough time,” in a series of initial interviews, he believes are “therapeutic, but raw. He then sent the demo to P! nk, who on first listening said she “felt every line in my bones.”

“I didn’t want to sing it in a traditional fashion, I wanted to stitch it to my skin, right onto my flesh and claim it as my own contribution and my own experience of it,” P! nk said in a brief message on social media. “I wanted to live it. Ed wrote the pain — I sang the fire.”

P! nk Teams Up with Teams Up with Ed Sheeran for a Moving New Ballad — ‘He Wrote the Pain, She Sang the Fire’. The ballad has a minimal arrangement with Sheeran playing a gentle acoustic guitar line at P! nk Teams Up with Ed Sheeran for a Moving New Ballad — ‘He Wrote the Pain, She Sang the Fire’ the start and gradually it builds to a climax, similar to “The A Team”. There’s a soaring final chorus from nk. The text deals with breaking a heart, healing it, and learning to trust again after betrayal. Fans have called it “goosebump-inducing” and “a modern classic in the making.”

Critics have been equally enthusiastic. Writing about the collaboration, Rolling Stone praised its “emotional authenticity,” while Billboard said the song “reminds us why music matters when words alone are lacking.” P! nk Teams Up with.

The pair also shared a brief behind-the-scenes video, featuring the two in-studio as they laughed, harmonized and talked about the personal stories that inspired the song.